Make NSOpenPanel open a custom directory

Question

is there any way that I can pass a URL to a folder on my system which should be the default window which an NSOpenPanel opens? Thanks!

Update:

NSOpenPanel *ads_open = [[NSOpenPanel openPanel] retain];
[ads_open setDirectoryURL:"file://localhost/System/Library/CoreServices/prndrv"];

I am using the above code which is the directory which I would like to be opened by default. However, the default window that I am getting is still the last one that I have accessed and not the one that I have specified. How can I access the URL directory?

Truett

How could this even work. setDirectoryURL: takes an NSURL not a Char* ... – Denitadenitrate

So what should I add for the path to be seen as an NSURL? – Truett

[NSURL URLWithString:@"file://your/path/here"] – Denitadenitrate

Answer 1

NSOpenPanel *ads_open = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];
[ads_open setDirectoryURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"file://localhost/System/Library/CoreServices/prndrv"]];

Denitadenitrate

Answer 2

beware to use [NSURL fileURLWithPath:someStringPath] else its not a valid file url:

   NSOpenPanel *panel = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];

// changes promt to Select
[panel setPrompt:@"Select"];

// Enable the selection of files in the dialog.
[panel setCanChooseFiles:NO];

// Enable the selection of directories in the dialog.
[panel setCanChooseDirectories:YES];

//allows multi select
[panel setAllowsMultipleSelection:NO];
if(exists){
    [panel setDirectoryURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:lastPath]];
}

[panel beginSheetModalForWindow:self.window
              completionHandler:^(NSInteger returnCode) {
                  if (returnCode == NSOKButton)
                  {
                      .....

              }}];

Yeah

Answer 3

For Swift 3:

let panel = NSOpenPanel()
panel.directoryURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "smb://servername/path", isDirectory: true)

Pentagrid

Answer 4

Working example:

NSOpenPanel *panel = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];
[panel setDirectoryURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"file://localhost/System/Library/CoreServices/"]];

[panel beginSheetModalForWindow:self.window
              completionHandler:^(NSInteger returnCode) {
                  if (returnCode == NSOKButton)
                  {
                      NSURL *theURL = [[panel URLs] objectAtIndex:0];
                  }
              }];

Araldo

This is the line that should be doing the trick but for some reason isn't... [ads_open setDirectoryURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"file://localhost/System/Library/CoreServices/HOBmacgate/prndrv"]]; The file browser is still loading the last URL that was accessed and not the default one specified as a URL. – Truett

Are you sure /localhost/System/Library/CoreServices/HOBmacgate/prndrv actually exists? Otherwhise NSOpenPanel cannot display the directory. – Araldo